Should you be living overseas and worried about catching Swine flu, you could ensure that you have Tamiflu available in case of any eventuality. This is the only effective treatment against swine flu.

You can buy them online at PrimaMed but you should not wait until the last minute to get them as demand has increased tremendously due to the worldwide outbreak. In addition, various governments are also stockpiling Tamiflu for their local consumption.

In the end prevention would be a better option and since this virus is spread easily from person to person, personal hygiene is important. Washing hands regularly is advised and staying away from crowded places is also one way of reducing your chances of contracting the swine flu.

Last month I had several dentist appointments in Glen Eagles hospital.

1. First time I wanted to enter, a nurse asked me whether I had just come from overseas. When I said "no", I was allowed to enter.
    
2. Next visit a Nepal guard asked something I couldn’t understand. When I said "no", I was allowed to enter.
    
3. Next visit a nurse on the entrance asked me: do you have any flu symptoms. When I said "no", I was allowed to enter.
    
4. Next visit today a nurse on the entrance took my temperature. No questions where asked and I was allowed to enter.

The latter is quite an improvement. One could have asked me again whether I came from overseas, as being an expat , it is more likely that I just flew into the country and I am at higher risk of having contracted the swine flu.

In any case, slowly but surely Malaysia is getting serious about the swine flu, or at least this 1 particular hospital is.

He looks like a retired French farmer full of "Joie de vivre"…

Like the French love their liberty, RPK is the only Malaysian freedom blogger with balls to write what he thinks about his beloved country Malaysia and its politicians.

All in good fun, he even jokes about us expats, or about our wives, as if expats are only men…

Unlike we expats can be poked around and take some constructive criticism, the wife of the actual Malaysian Prime Minister has a different sense of humor. That’s why she accused him of criminal defamation.

Now we all know that when you enter Australia, you have to declare and sign a paper that you have or haven’t been convicted.

If RPK failed to make such a declaration, he could be stripped of his visa and sent back to Malaysia immediately. Yet RPK is not convicted of anything in Malaysia, he only has some court cases running against him.

On the other hand, RPK can also claim Refugee status in Australia to obtain a protection visa, because all Malaysians know that RPK will be dead meat once he shows his face in Malaysia.

So if RPK is really in Australia, I hope Australians remember where they came from: convicted prisoners sent in exile… Please embrace the most funny of all almost convicted Malaysians: RPK.